First Day Activities 4

I've done this interviewing activity many a time on the first day of college and grad school classes. (Education professors seem to like us to show us what an activity is like from actual experience with that activity.)

Students divide up into pairs. Each student interviews the other for 5 minutes. Then students switch roles. Finally, each student introduces his or her partner to the entire class.

For class numbers that aren't even, one group of three may be used. Or one student can be paired with the teacher.

Pros: Good get to know you activity. Involves speaking/presentation, interviewing skills.

Cons: Each student only gets to know one student well, but it's on a deeper level than he or she would participating in a scavenger hunt activity, for example.